e-Vermont Selects 2011 Communities

The e-Vermont Community Broadband Project will bring digital tools and in-depth internet training to 12 additional rural communities in 2011. The twelve, announced today, will benefit from the expertise and resources of e-Vermont’s statewide partners as the local groups develop ways to take full advantage of the Internet for creating jobs and innovative schools, providing social services, and increasing community connection. These towns join the first 12 pilot e-communities, selected in spring 2010.

The 2011 e-Vermont communities will be Bridgewater, Calais, Castleton, Dover,

Fairfield, Hardwick, Jay/Westfield, Middletown Springs, Moretown, Morristown,

Richford, and Vergennes.

e-Vermont is one of the few national broadband adoption initiatives focused on

rural needs and it is being viewed as a national model. These towns are among the first to

explore how the Internet can be harnessed as a tool for community development.